Marine
07:00am Mon 14 Jul, 2014
Tauranga harbour's overgrowing mangroves will be mowed by a unique hovercraft. The innovative custom-built craft can cut about 600 hectares of seedlings annually... Read More
09:59am Sun 13 Jul, 2014
New Zealand is well placed to collect medals at the 49er and 49erFX European Championship in Helsinki with both Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, and Alexandra Maloney... Read More
03:07pm Fri 11 Jul, 2014
Bay of Plenty Regional Council's wave buoy has broken loose and washed ashore on Papamoa Beach. The buoy was found by a member of the public lying near the high... Read More
09:27am Thu 10 Jul, 2014
Seals on the foreshore will be a common sight this winter as population numbers continue to increase. A walker out at Papamoa Beach today spotted a fur seal near... Read More
05:22pm Wed 09 Jul, 2014
Call it either beginner's luck or the fruits of a newly-formed passion but a 17-year-old has hooked one of the largest trout ever recorded in Rotorua's Lake Okareka. Cambridge... Read More
08:35am Wed 09 Jul, 2014
Racing is underway at the European Championships for the Olympic 49er and 49erFX skiffs in Helsinki and the Olympic Nacra 17 multihull in La Grande Motte. Tauranga... Read More
05:05pm Tue 08 Jul, 2014
A former Royal New Zealand Navy officer will take up the position as Bay of Plenty Regional Harbourmaster from Friday - a position vacant since last December. In... Read More
11:07am Tue 08 Jul, 2014
Tauranga harbourmaster Jennifer Roberts' services with the Bay of Plenty Regional Council have been terminated, a council spokesperson has confirmed. Jennifer is... Read More
03:48pm Mon 07 Jul, 2014
Two men will appear in court later this month after Eastern Fish & Game staff and police caught them 'pillaging” trout from a spawning stream near Rotorua... Read More
03:11pm Mon 07 Jul, 2014
The two nautical mile exclusion zone for all vessels around the Rena wreck on the Bay of Plenty's Astrolabe Reef remains in place. Bay of Plenty Regional Council... Read More
02:36pm Fri 04 Jul, 2014
A ‘big man with a big heart' is how Katikati farmer Neil Turner is described by those who knew him best. Neil, universally known as Noddy, died yesterday while... Read More
09:52am Fri 04 Jul, 2014
A trio of paua poachers caught with more than 180 undersize paua at Maketu claiming to be for family gatherings have been handed down a range of fines and community... Read More
12-Nov 21:16
One dead after vehicle crashes down bank
12-Nov 18:00
New men's fund launched to tackle isolation in BOP
12-Nov 17:00
SH2 roadworks bring overnight lane closures
12-Nov 14:35
Te Puke, Rotorua players score Lotto wins
12-Nov 14:00
Streetscape revamp targets safety and visibility
12-Nov 12:54
Pāpāmoa Hills reopens after slip risk closure
12-Nov 11:45
Waihī mine campsite gets council tick
12-Nov 11:00
Council to keep fire depot, historic cottage
12-Nov 10:00
Tauranga youth secure climate project funding
12-Nov 08:03
Petition backs Bethlehem footpath link
12-Nov 06:00
Run the Runway raises $24k for rescue chopper
11-Nov 17:00
New faces join BOP Garden and Art festival trail
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